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| [[File:Hl2 on android.jpg|512px|thumb|{{hl2|4}} running on a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redmi_Note_9 Redmi Note 9 Pro] ]]
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| On May 12, 2014, [https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/ NVIDIA] released an exclusive port of {{Portal|4}} and {{hl2|4}} to their [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_Shield_Portable NVIDIA Shield platform].<br>
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| Ever since then, buying a NVIDIA Shield device was the only way of playing those two games on a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system) Android] based system.
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| ==History==
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| In 2019 a user named "[https://www.youtube.com/@nillerusr niIlerusr]" started uploading development videos to YouTube showing off a modified version of the NVIDIA Shield version of {{hl2|4}} running on a standard Android device.<br>
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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocPByhSukRQ In his first video] on the topic he shows off the touch capabilities of the mod.<br>
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| A public build would be released on October 30, 2020. This build included playable versions of {{hl2|4}}, {{hl2ep1|4}}, {{hl2ep2|4}} and {{portal|4}}.
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| Since then many other games have been ported such as {{hl2dm|4}}, {{hls|4}}, {{dods|4}} and {{css|4}}.
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| ==Installation==
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| [[File:Main source app.jpg|256px|right|thumb|The main Source Engine app]]
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| # Download the latest Source Engine apk and then the game apk of your choosing (the Source Engine app launches base Half-Life:2)
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| # In the phone's storage create a folder called {{path|srceng}} (or anything really)
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| # Connect your phone to your PC with a cable or wirelessly
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| # Go into the {{hl2|4}} directory and copy over every folder aside from the bin and steam_input folder into the srceng folder
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| # Set the path to the game resources in the Source Engine app
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| {{tip|If the gallery app picks up the images from the game files, place a [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-7DUU7F277Ek0jrocLnyt-MNCHOtByAD/ ".nomedia"] file in the srceng folder}}
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| ==Installing Other Games==
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| To install games besides {{hl2|4}} simply copying the folder of the same name as the game to the srceng folder is all that is needed.<br>
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| For example, to install {{portal|4}}, copying the folder {{path|/steamapps/common/Portal/portal}} to the srceng folder will let you play {{portal|4}} via the Portal app.
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| The following diagram showcases the game folder structure:<syntaxhighlight lang="">
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| srceng
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| ├── hl2 --> Half-Life 2, (REQUIRED FOR ALL GAMES)
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| ├── platform --> Half-Life 2, (REQUIRED FOR ALL GAMES)
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| ├── hl2mp --> Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
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| ├── episodic --> Half-Life 2: Episode 1
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| ├── ep2 --> Half-Life 2: Episode 2
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| ├── hl1 --> Half-Life: Source
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| ├── dod --> Day of Defeat: Source
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| ├── cstrike --> Counter-Strike: Source
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| └── portal --> Portal
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| [[File:Portal on android.jpg|thumb|{{portal|4}} running on a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redmi_Note_9 Redmi Note 9 Pro] ]]
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| ==Installing on an SD-Card==
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| Installing all the game files on a SD-Card can be beneficial if the internal storage is full or the user just prefers it that way.<br>
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| However since the app only allows for the selection of directories from the internal storage, the SD-Card path has to be entered manually.
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| {{warning|Installing the game files on the SD-Card is not recommended by the developers}}<br>
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| Getting the path to the SD-Card alone can be challenging since regular file managers just report it as {{code|preset=4|SD Card}} and don't give the actual path to it.
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| The easiest and least "ad-riddled" way of getting the SD-Card path is to connect the device to a computer loaded with [https://developer.android.com/tools/releases/platform-tools#downloads ADB (Android Debug Bridge)]
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| To use ADB, USB debugging has to be enabled which varies from OS to OS.
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| {{tip|Simply look up your device on the internet for instructions on enabling USB debugging}}
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| Once all that has been done, a command prompt has to be opened in the folder in which ADB is located in (this can be done by typing {{code|preset=3|cmd}} in the address bar)<br>
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| Then to confirm that the device is recognized by the system, typing in {{code|preset=3|adb devices}} will show all attached devices.
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| If a string of numbers and letters followed with {{code|preset=4|device}} shows up, that means that it has been detected.
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| Next, type {{code|preset=3|adb shell}}
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| Then, type {{code|preset=3|df}}. This will list all directories on a root level. The directories we are interested in are usually at the bottom.
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| There should be 2 directories starting with {{path|/storage/}}.<br>
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| The internal storage will always be {{path|/storage/emulated}} while the SD-Card is usually {{path|/storage/}} followed by a 8 character string divided into two by a dash ({{code|preset=4|-}})
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| For example:<syntaxhighlight lang="">
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| /dev/fuse 109783884 53449520 56203292 49% /storage/emulated <- The Internal Storage
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| /dev/fuse 124835840 35815296 89020544 29% /storage/9257-194E <- The SD-Card
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| The path specified (in this example {{path|/storage/9257-194E}}) is what we will write in the "Path to game resources" dialog in the app.
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| ==External Links==
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| [https://discord.gg/7mBT2tq9Mw niIlerusr's Discord server]<br>
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| [https://arumoon.github.io/source-engine-download/ Latest Source Engine apk]<br>
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| [https://nc.workbench.network/s/gdRnpcc2zrXz5Xg/download?path=%2F&files=episodic-1.06_96.apk Latest Episodic apk]<br>
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| [https://nc.workbench.network/s/gdRnpcc2zrXz5Xg/download?path=%2F&files=cstrike-1.09_96.apk Latest {{css|4}} apk]<br>
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| [https://nc.workbench.network/s/gdRnpcc2zrXz5Xg/download?path=%2F&files=hl2mp-1.07_96.apk Latest {{hl2dm|4}} apk]<br>
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| [https://nc.workbench.network/s/gdRnpcc2zrXz5Xg/download?path=%2F&files=hl1-1.06_96.apk Latest {{hls|4}} apk]<br>
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| [https://nc.workbench.network/s/gdRnpcc2zrXz5Xg/download?path=%2F&files=dod-1.06_96.apk Latest {{dods|4}} apk]<br>
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| [https://nc.workbench.network/s/gdRnpcc2zrXz5Xg/download?path=%2F&files=portal-1.05_96.apk Latest {{portal|4}} apk]
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| ==See Also==
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| [[Source]]<br>
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| [[GoldSource]]<br>
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| [[Source SDK]]
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